From the A36 to Monkton Combe School, the course of the
canal has been cut-into by the Limpley Stoke to Camerton
Railway, but traces of it can still be see, mainly on the
North side of the track. The canal ditch is visible behind
the school tennis courts and part of it is used as a bog
garden.

A public footpath crosses the track by Monkton Combe
School. Originally this was carried over the canal by a
temporary wooden swivel bridge footbridge,. Later, when
Paulton Foundry became operational, the wooden bridge was
replaced by a cast-iron footbridge.

The Plaque from the Footbridge

When the Camerton to Limpley Stoke railway was built
along the line of the canal, the cast-iron brige was kept on
its original site but raised on brick pillars to give
additional clearance.

The remains of one of the stone bridges typical of the
SCC is still to be found at Tucking Mill ; but it is on
private property and must not be visited without the
permission of the owner.

William Smith lived in the left house of this
pair.

Opposite the bridge at Tucking Mill is the house where
William Smith "The Father of English Geology" lived.

A little further down the lane, next to the site of
Tucking Mill wharf, is an extremely pretty cottage where
William Smith did NOT live, despite the plaque which
erroneously claims that he did.